Edward Burman is a Senior Partner of Ambrosetti, a leading Italian consultancy with a client list including major banks, manufacturing companies and public institutions. He runs the firm s e-Strategy practice and is a regular keynote speaker in both English and Italian. He sits on the boards of Ambrosetti Stern Stewart Italia, a wholly owned Ambrosetti company offering Stern Stewart services under licence in Italy, and Brainspark, a London-based venture capital company and business incubator. As a visiting lecturer he taught at the University of Kent from 1994 to 2000, and he is also a regular lecturer at Henley Management College. He is the author of eleven books on European historical and cultural issues.